Losing My Religion (or at least my keys)

I lost my keys about 4 months ago. Much to my surprise, it didn't bother me at all, as I had duplicates of most keys. (Of course, the day after I made additional copies, my wife found my missing keys.)



Losing my hard drive would be a much greater inconvenience. Although I perform an incremental backup frequently and a complete backup occasionally, recreating my work space would take substantial time.



To my limited understanding, Hailstorm's Passport feature will be akin to my keys, wallet, medical history, and credit report rolled into one. Even assuming that Microsoft never loses my records, a brief interruption in access could be quite inconvenient. Worse yet, someone could steal my online identity unless Microsoft's hitherto Swiss cheese security suddenly improves.



Most disturbing was Mark Lucosvky's keynote at O'Reilly's recent P2P and Web Services conference. (Lucovsky is Microsoft Hailstorm's chief architect). Lucovsky volunteered several times that other divisions of Microsoft had asked to get at the Passport information but that he had "held them at bay." When Tim O'Reilly asked whether Microsoft management would respect the sanctity of the personal information held in Passport, the best Lucovsky could reply was that he "had management's ear."



If someone wants my key, wallet, etc., I want a lot more than their second-hand ear in return.



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Which would you most hate to lose: your keys, your hard drive, your wallet, or something else?